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Tech designed to improve the general functioning of government and citizens' basic interactions with government services.
"Based on a new survey by CivicPlus involving 16,000 Americans, a direct link between technology and resident satisfaction has been identified, largely driven by the convenience of accessing resident services through technology. More precisely, residents residing in technology-forward communities tend to be more active civic participants, as government software applications place the potential for a stronger community in the hands of the people." - Govtech Magazine
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Colab
São PauloCom o Colab, os cidadãos podem participar ativamente das decisões da cidade, acessar os serviços da prefeitura, contribuir com ideias, reportar demandas e votar em questões cruciais para suas comunidades.
GOV.BR
Brasília - Brasilia, Federal District, BrazilServiços e Informações do Brasil
“The concept was inspired by frequent trips through airport immigration and the realization that inspecting documents in a game setting might be fun"
Local Minutes
VermontA chatbot AI that has access to millions of pages of municipal documents from small towns throughout Vermont.
Humphrey
10 Downing StreetA package of tools to speed up the work of civil servants and make them deliver ministerial plans more quickly.
i.AI and NHS England Collaboration Charter
10 Downing StreetThe Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI), an innovative team of technical experts at the heart of government, and NHS England (NHSE) have signed a first-of-a-kind Collaboration Charter to support the use of AI in the NHS.
Scout (GOV.UK)
10 Downing StreetAn AI-powered tool that improves government major project delivery by automatically analysing thousands of documents to help detect problems earlier, enabling timely interventions that keep critical projects on track.
GovOS
Austin, TXGovOS is a leading provider of government software solutions in the United States.
OpenTrainTicketing
Germany (Deutschland)Digital Ticketing made simple for railways.
Albert
FranceStarting in 2024, Albert will be tested at local public service counters — Maisons France services — to help users with their paperwork.
2022 Inventory of Washington State Automated Decision-making Systems
Washington state, USA30 ADS govtech applications in Washington state
Democratizing artificial intelligence for improving permitting outcomes and efficiency
We estimate that UK central government conducts approximately one billion citizen-facing transactions per year in the provision of around 400 services, of which approximately 143 million are complex repetitive transactions. We estimate that 84% of these complex transactions are highly automatable.
GovWell
New York CityGovWell’s mission is to build modern software products to help government serve communities better.
California's DMV has digitized 42 million car titles using blockchain technology to detect fraud and streamline the title transfer process, enabling residents to claim vehicle titles through a mobile app -- the first such initiative in the U.S.
Govtech vendor offering emergency services and elections management tech among other solutions
Asegura tu Derecho
Lima, PeruAsegura tu Derecho es una herramienta web que permite revisar información en un lenguaje accesible y elaborar el documento que se necesita presentar ante la Superintendencia Nacional de Salud (SuSalud) para la formulación de un reclamo.
ACR Editor
United States of America (the)This web editor helps evaluators build Accessibility Conformance Reports in the US OpenACR format
Bürokratt
Estonia (Eesti Vabariik)Bürokratt enables citizens or users to use public and information services with virtual assistants through voice-based interaction.
NCSC staff will provide intensive training and technical assistance to help courts revise one form or a small set of forms to improve plain language and readability. Your court will identify one form, or a small set of forms to work on throughout the project. At the end of camp, your materials will be redesigned, translated into plain language, and user tested.
Open Administration StuFiS
Thuringia, GermanyOpen source financial management software for organizations (Die Finanzverwaltungssoftware)
MyCity Chatbot
New York City, NY, USANYC's Business Services Chatbot which "uses Microsoft's Azure AI services to provide information in response to questions you have about starting or operating your business" in ten+ languages
OpenSky
Ireland (Éire)Delivering results for Enterprise & Government for 20+ years - through Data, Process Automation and AI expertise, driven by continuous innovation.
Digital Policy Guide
United States of America (the)A Digital Servant's Guide to U.S. Federal Information Technology Law and Policy
إدارتي (My Department)
Tunisia (Tunis)تعامل بثقة مع كل الإدارات في تونس 🇹🇳 ("Deal confidently with all departments in Tunisia")
Polimorphic
San FranciscoPolimorphic is the first Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) software specifically built for local governments.
POPVOX Foundation
United States of America (the)POPVOX Foundation works to inform and empower people and make government work better for everyone.
Kyiv Digital app
KyivDigitized the city's services, including e-petition tool, and "adapted them to conditions under martial law"
Barrier-Free Communication Bratislava
BratislavaThe Barrier-Free Communication service allows citizens with specific needs to communicate with the city in a form that is comprehensible to them.
FedNow
United States of America (the)"FedNow is a service developed by the Federal Reserve for depository institutions in the United States. It will enable individuals and businesses to send and receive instant payments. Banks will be able to build products on top of the FedNow platform." - Wikipedia
ApplyWorks
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Easy and secure location based applications and payment services for councils.
eCivis
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199eCivis helps state and local governments maximize grant funding, optimize financial and program performance, and prepare cost allocation plans.
EUNA Procurement
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199Bonfire provides software that helps procurement teams and stakeholders come together to make smarter buying decisions, easily and with certainty.
EUNA Solutions
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199GTY brings leading government technology companies together to empower the government workforce with digital tools to transform the citizen and stakeholder experience.
Sherpa Government Solutions
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199Public Sector Budgeting Software
GSA Workplace Innovation Lab
GSA (General Services Administration), F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USALocated on the second floor of our headquarters at 1800 F Street NW, Washington, D.C., the Workplace Innovation Lab showcases the latest innovations in office design, furniture, and technology to meet the needs of today’s hybrid federal workers.
LocalGov Drupal
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)LocalGov Drupal is a publicly owned asset that delivers a better digital experience for citizens, improves service outcomes, and saves money.
Colab.re
Brazil (Brasil)Faça com que os direitos sociais se tornem uma realidade.
Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team
United States of America (the)In this "deeply empowering and practical book"(Cecilia Muñoz), two technology and innovation leaders reveal dozens of tactics that enabled them to accomplish seemingly impossible reforms in organizations of all types and sizes
Government Apps Special Report
Brazil (Brasil)In this project, we studied 13 government mobile apps – eight from the federal public administration and five from the state of São Paulo – that we believed most affect Brazilian citizens on a daily basis for their relation to services that are especially relevant to our day-to-day life and to the government-citizen relationship.
The Creative Bureaucracy Festival celebrates outstanding innovation in the public sector and its contribution to a better, more sustainable, and more just world.
WasteWorks
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)One integrated and intuitive digital front door to local authority residential waste services.
Texas by Texas
TexasNow there’s an even easier, faster, and more secure way for Texans to take care of government to-dos – like driver license and vehicle registration renewals – anytime, anywhere, and on any device.
GovStack
United Nations FoundationGovStack offers governments with open-source tools for digital services, including building block specifications, a sandbox for testing (upcoming), and communities of practices, and more.
Accela
2633 Camino Ramon, San Ramon, CA 94583, USAGovernment software that streamlines land, permitting, asset, licensing, right-of-way, legislative management, and resource and recreation management processes.
Lutece
ParisLutece is an open source platform developed by the City of Paris to help you develop digital solutions.
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